Kiser have launched their latest line and I’m really impressed, pretty much every design is on the money, although some of them are just asking for trouble.
I really like their hoodies, I especially like that they’ve released hooded options for many of their new tee designs. There’s a lot of gold foil going on too, I don’t know if it’s real gold like Chateau Roux were selling a while back, but it’s still a good look for their large logo/crest style designs.
Costiness=$65 URL
(the whole range is also available through Karmaloop’s Kazbah, prices may be a bit higher, but shipping’s free so you’ll have to play around to find your best deal)
I’ve always wanted to use an ‘x’ in my titles, so I’m glad that Karmaloop collaborated with Triko to produce what is actually quite a nice hoodie, so I’m not just posting this so that I can feel like a streetwear blogger. Let’s blurb it out:
“The Limited Edition Karmaloop x Triko Collab Kimono Sweatshirt is truly a work of art. Embroidered with the Akita design on the back in metallic thread, the front features kangaroo pockets and the Triko logo embroidered in gold. Classy.”
And there’s only 74 of these bad boys around, so if you want it…. get it. If you were wondering about the front of the hoodie, it’s a fairly standard logo above the left breast affair, but the back easily makes up for the lack of frontal action.
$165 URL (Coupon Code AS7594 gets you up to 20% off, and puts a little something in my pocket too)
Disaster Clothing: Worth checking out, this Italian outfit has some cool single-colour prints, although I wouldn’t chance wearing any of their designs if I was going anywhere near an airport.
A Better Tomorrow: As usual, my weakness of not knowing German (that I intend to fix after ‘Beginners’ Japanese’) means that I may well have got this wrong, but I think that ABT are selling tees from their design competition for the bargain price of €10 a piece. I don’t know if this is really news, but it’s welcome either way.
Teetonic: Three quality winners from the Brit-based design competition, my personal fave is ‘Perfect Bait‘, partly because the artist actually uses the word ‘diptych’ in his description. They also recently launch an affiliate/street team programme with the ever-so-witty name of ‘Freetonic‘, basically, if 10 tees are sold through your unique code than you’ll get a free tee, which I’d say is a pretty fair deal. Lastly in this little roundup of teetonic news, they’ve dropped their price to £15 for a tee (I think it was £18 before), which is reasonable for a British company considering our strong currency.
Y’know, I’m about one more valentines based hoodie and/or sale away from getting depressed, but I know some of you aren’t as desperately lonely as I am, and so do the Threadless team, because if you buy two tees of the same design you get $10 off (sale ends Monday 5th Feb.). Come to think of it, hasn’t it been a while since they’ve had one of their legendary $10 sales, I’m pretty surprised they didn’t have one to clear out the old stock before moving over to their own stock brand. I guess you can all still make do with using “Russjob” and “HUBDAWG” as coupon codes for $3 off your order.
This weeks pick is pretty tough, for a change I actually like them all (although the Select tee feels more like a web design project than a wearable). Let’s break it down:
- A Choice you need to make: I think the image is awesome, pure Threaldess, but it just looks a bit awkward on the tee, perhaps because of the prominent block of colour that makes up the wall.
- Secret Love: Oh my God, how brilliant would it be if someone bought two of these, gave one to their secret admirer anonymously, and then the two met each other in a bar one night wearing the same tee? If I don’t see a short film with this exact plot on YouTube within the next month I’ll be pissed. Actually wait till YouTube start revenue sharing then gimme some cash!
- I Can’t Draw: I do like this, it’s quite endearing in a way unlike most Threadless designs, probably because it isn’t so polished. Although, if you want cameras on a hoodie, I’d go with Oddica.
- Gold Rush: I’m in two minds about this one, the image is well done, but could it have been used as an opportunity for a bigger print? Or would that have just led to needlessly large amounts of joke items in the ground?
- Paper Airplanes: No big surprise that this is my favourite, since it’s the post picture. I’m not really one for hearts and mushy designs (though the archives would probably prove me different), but the kid holding his arms out really touches me, and the simple style really helps the overall emotional conveyance.
Also, how great are Threadless’ product shots this week? I think a lot of companies should be doing similar things with their products shots, after all, they’ve printed the merchandise why not have some fun with it?
